Dear Wayne read bhagavad gita and vedas before you come to conclusion on anything. I feel there are many great books which try to explain life but it all depends on how you interpret it. The greatness of book lies on how well you can interpret. With due respects to all authors and great books i still believe bhagavad gita is one of the greatest book.

Great wisdom and insight in that book, very powerful. I need to re-read it's been so long I need reminding.

The tao that can be told
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named
is not the eternal name.

The unnameable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin
of all particular things.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the
manifestations.

Yet mystery and manifestations
arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.

Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.

Click my name and read the rest.

Hmmm looking around...

In harmony with the Tao,
the sky is clear and spacious,
the earth is solid and full,
all creatures flourish together,
content with the way they are,
endlessly repeating themselves,
endlessly renewed.

When man interferes with the Tao,
the sky becomes filthy,
the earth becomes depleted,
the equilibrium crumbles,
creatures become extinct.

The Master views the parts with compassion,
because he understands the whole.
His constant practice is humility.
He doesn't glitter like a jewel
but lets himself be shaped by the Tao,
as rugged and common as a stone.

I love Wayne Dyer. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Yes, it would be interesting to see what Wayne came up with. I used to read this book when I was 15 or 16 which is like 28 years ago, looking at it again I realize how much it must of influenced me, and or I simply came to know.

Is this timeless or what?

When a country is in harmony with the Tao,
the factories make trucks and tractors.
When a country goes counter to the Tao,
warheads are stockpiled outside the cities.

There is no greater illusion than fear,
no greater wrong than preparing to defend
yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy.

Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.

I came so very close to ordering this book last week with my new book club membership renewal for $1 a book, but could not tell what this book was about, but now I do plan to order it from the link above and get a free Chopra gift :-) as this sounds like something that I can relate too and could learn from. I've never read any of Dr. W.D.'s books, but have heard a lot about "NOW" - I think he wrote that one? So thanks for posting this piece!

Love, Char

Plus, I've heard Deepak and others recommend Tao as good reading material, so I've been really curious to read something about Tao.

Love, Char

Wow ... I just ordered this book and if you do this soon, there are free trips and one is to Hawaii in October! Anyway, there are all these free downloads if anyone is interested, but I cannot really use them in that manner and/or prefer not to.

Love, Char

PS: Amazon had this book on sale at 40% off.

This sounds like a great book, because after completing it, Wayne exclaimed "NOW I understand!!!" :) It is a sign of true insight, and insights are meant to be shared- which is what he is doing.

I loved "the Secret"

...last week, my son, Aaravinda(7 years) listened to about five minutes of Wayne Dyer's talk on PBS. Both Aaravinda and Wayne was amazing to watch, the energy through which was being shared between the talk and my son was quite powerful. I have never seen him focus with such interest since his grandfather passed on, almost 3 years ago.

My son says, "I can understand what he is talking about"...Wayne Dyer is so easy to understand, even though he's spiritual and that like how the others are, he's the first one I can understand"
He started jumping up and down when I told him that we will be receiving the gifts from PBS that included the DVD of what we were watching that night...so he'll get to see the whole thing. He said " I can hardly wait, how long will it take to come?" I told him in about 6 weeks or so.

My son was talking to his sister (Anjalee, 18)on the phone yesterday and he was telling her about his experience...he said "It's like he (Wayne Dyer) opened a window for me!"
You just had to be there to hear the excitement in his voice!
WOW!!! that's what's been going through my mind since then!
You see, since my son was born, he has been guided to many Spiritual Masters and Inspirational Beings(ie. Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda, Amma and countless pundits, sages etc.) ...and no other has had such an impact on him (that we are aware of). So when this occured the other night, you can imagine the "wonder and mystery"

Oh, and Wayne, if you are reading this...Aaravinda likes the way you throw in some jokes in your talks too:)

Perhaps one day, the two of you ...will meet, again.

Namaste,
Cinda

The book that is nameable
is unreadable-

Just kidding-

I actually went to see Dr D speak in LA just the other nite-

wonderfully insightful and entertaining-
I've already stolen a few jokes